Dancing in the Rain vs Vast Sky
Dancing in the Rain is a Cloverdale Paint color while Vast Sky comes from Sherwin-Williams. These are both blues, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within blue to land. With LRVs of 55 and 55, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.2, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dancing in the Rain vs Vast Sky in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Dancing in the Rain and Vast Sky are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Dancing in the Rain vs Vast Sky Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dancing in the Rain on one side and Vast Sky on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Dancing in the Rain comparisons
See how Dancing in the Rain stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 55, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Dancing in the Rain encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 6, Dancing in the Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Dancing in the Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Dancing in the Rain the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 27, Dancing in the Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Dancing in the Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 13, Dancing in the Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Dancing in the Rain the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Dancing in the Rain encloses it.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Dancing in the Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Dancing in the Rain encloses it.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Dancing in the Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Dancing in the Rain the marginally brighter of the two.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Dancing in the Rain reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.